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When Whales Pee – it’s Good for the Ocean

We have known for a long time that whale poop fertilises the ocean and helps mitigate climate change by sequestering carbon in the ocean. But...
Text: Lena Scherman
Graphics: Basemaps are from www.naturaldata.com. Whale icons are from iStock.com/KBelka.
Photo: Grant Brokensha

Whales dive in Synchronization miles apart

Text: Malin Karlsson/TT
04:32

My First Dive with Whales

I was really happy with my task, staying on the surface. I truly wanted to snorkel with dolphins, but the sharks made me hesitate. Finally,...
Reportage: Ida Candert
Photography: Ida Candert, Joel Candert, Johan Candert, Nick Filmalter
Edit by: Alexandre Gobatti Ramos

I think I’m in love with a whale

In the midst of the chaos of sardines, dolphins, birds and sharks there appeared a lonesome Humpback whale. She seemed not to be concerned with...
Text: Nick Filmalter
Photo: Nick Filmalter, Kimmo Hagman
05:23

The secret of the narwhal

The narwhal is a relatively small arctic toothed whale (4 - 5 meters). It is shy and typically lives in the drift ice around the...
Reportage: Lars Öivind Knutsen 
Photography: Lars Öivind Knutsen, Roberto Lo Monaco, Frederik Wolff Teglhus, Göran Ehlmé
06:34

Porpoise – Why does so many die?

In part two, we delve into the threats facing the small-toothed whales that inhabit Sweden's waters. Why are these porpoises becoming increasingly rare, and what...
REPORTAGE: MARKO T WRAMÉN
PHOTO: MARKO T WRAMÉN, SARA TORRES ORTIZ, JAKOB HØJER KRISTENSEN, LASSE/KULLEN DYK
EDIT BY: ANNA W THORBJÖRNSSON
06:34

Porpoise – Unique research in Lund, Sweden

Sweden's only whale is not easy to see. In the Baltic Sea it is acutely threatened, but outside Kullaberg there is a small colony. There,...
REPORTAGE: MARKO T WRAMÉN
PHOTO: MARKO T WRAMÉN, SARA TORRES ORTIZ, JAKOB HØJER KRISTENSEN, PER CARLSSON
EDIT BY: ANNA W THORBJÖRNSSON
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Blue whales eat 10 million microplastic pieces daily

Blue whales ingest up to 10 million pieces of microplastics per day, according to estimates in a study. This suggests that the pollution poses a...
Text: TT Nyhetsbyrån
Photo: Jan-Morten Bjørnbakk/NTB/TT Arkivbild

Scientists worried after whale deaths in Argentina

Researchers in Argentina are concerned that several whales have been found dead in the south of the country. They believe a microalgae may be behind...
Text: TT Nyhetsbyrån
Photo: Maxi Jonas/AP/TT

Local whale song spreads to other populations

It has been known for some time that humpback whales can communicate over great distances. The song is carried along during the humpback whale's long...
Text: TT
Photo: Michael Penn/AP/TT
07:08

Out and scare whales

We are going to the northern Norwegian fjord Kvänangen approximately 20 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Fishing boats from all over the Norwegian west...
Reportage: Lars-Öivind Knutsen
Photo: Lars Öivind Knutsen, Roberto Lo Monaco, Göran Ehlmé, Simon Stanford, Anders Kronborg
Editor: Apollonia Meleouni, Alexandre Gobatti Ramos
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Requirements for protected areas for whales

Whales, with their majestic appearance, enthrall most people, but human activity in the oceans makes it increasingly difficult for animals. Now the World Wildlife Fund...
Text: Tomas Lauffs/TT
Photo: Johan Hallnäs/TT, Tony Wu/WWF

Good news for the Baltic Sea’s only whale

The Swedish Museum of Natural History has released a new report showing that the porpoise population in the Baltic Sea may be recovering. The porpoise,...
Source: Naturhistoriska riksmuseet
Photo: Martin Almqvist / TT Bild
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